Rua dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra
| Rua dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra Rua Nova
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| place | Figueira da Foz |
| District | São Julião (Figueira da Foz) |
The Rua dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra is a street in the Portuguese coastal town of Figueira da Foz .
It runs as a rather small street straight ahead from Praça 8 de Maio up to the Convento de Santo António .
The street was opened in 1785 as Rua Nova da Praia , as part of the redesign and construction of the new building district of the expanding city by engineer Silva. Since then it has had the following other names:
- Rua da Praça Nova
- Rua Nova de Santo António
- Rua Nova que vai da Praia para Santo António
- Rua Nova que vai para a Praia da Reboleira
- Vale de Canos
- Rua Nova da Reboleira
- Rua Nova
- Rua Tenente Valadim
The current name means Street of the Fighters of the Great War and refers to the soldiers of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps in World War I , which was only called the Great War due to Portuguese neutrality during World War II . It is still sometimes called Rua Nova today.
Web links
Commons : Rua dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Collection of the street names of Figueira da Foz and their stories (port.) , Accessed on September 4, 2012